The Bears have some important decisions to make about some of their pending free agents this offseason, especially at the linebacker position.
Ultimately, the Bears can only re-sign Danny Trevathan or Nick Kwiatkoski to line up opposite Roquan Smith. While it looked to be an easy decision early on in 2019, Trevathan’s injury in Week 10 and Kwiatkoski’s subsequent impressive performance changed things.
So what does the future hold for Trevathan with the Bears? Here’s what ESPN’s Jeff Dickerson had to say:
Trevathan just finished up a solid four-year stint in Chicago, but the soon-to-be-30-year-old has a history of injuries. He has missed 16 games since signing with the Bears prior to the 2015 season, including the final seven weeks of 2019. When healthy, Trevathan is an effective leader on defense. But the Bears have the option of attempting to re-sign younger linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski (another free agent), who played very well in place of Trevathan. That could be the direction Chicago heads.
There’s no denying the importance of Trevathan’s presence on the Bears both as a leader and at the inside linebacker position. But when it comes down to it, Kwiatkoski is the younger and cheaper option with no injury history.
What do you think? Should the Bears re-sign Trevathan or go with Kwiatkoski?
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